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    December 14, 2018
    Roxane Salonen
    Salonen: Hubby celebrates ‘first’ birthday with heart
    FARGO -- “I wouldn’t mind a cake with one candle to celebrate my first birthday,” my husband requested one evening recently. Until then,...
    opinion/columnsDecember 14, 2018 - 9:35am
    Phillips: Kindness can bring us to our knees
    Have you ever bitten off more than you could chew? I’m not talking about the Christmas ham — I’m talking about a project you thought you...
    opinion/columnsDecember 14, 2018 - 7:47am
    December 13, 2018
    The Belfield American Legion Color Guard marches toward the Belfield Theatre for the town's Memorial Day Services on Monday, May 30, 2016. (Dustin Monke / The Dickinson Press)
    Port: Governor Burgum and a Republican lawmaker want to exempt military pay and pensions from state income taxes and it’s a solid idea
    North Dakota has thousands and thousands of military members, both active duty and retired, living in our state. North Dakota has a chronic labor...
    opinion/columnsDecember 13, 2018 - 10:13am
    Nicole Phillips, Kindness is Contagious columnist.
    Kindness is Contagious: Kindness can bring us to our knees
    Have you ever bitten off more than you could chew? I’m not talking about the Christmas ham — I’m talking about a project you thought you...
    opinion/columnsDecember 13, 2018 - 10:02am
    December 12, 2018
    The campus of the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton. Special to The Forum.
    Port: North Dakota has seen a significant drop in student loan debt loads
    Are North Dakota students getting smarter about how they finance higher education? It sure seems that way. The cost of attending institutions...
    opinion/columnsDecember 12, 2018 - 9:42am
    Port: Legislative pettiness leads to marginalization of Burgum’s conservative budget
    MINOT, N.D. -- Traditionally in North Dakota the governor's executive budget, delivered to lawmakers as an address in December, is introduced...
    opinion/columnsDecember 12, 2018 - 7:01am
    December 11, 2018
    Congressman Kevin Cramer, U.S. Sen. John Hoeven and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum hosted EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt at a closed roundtable discussion in Fargo Wednesday, Aug. 9. Dave Olson/Forum News Service
    Rob Port: Governor Burgum, Senator-elect Cramer tell NDGOP in letter not to give up open primary
    Last week I wrote about proposed legislation, being considered for endorsement by the North Dakota Republican Party, which if passed would end...
    opinion/columnsDecember 11, 2018 - 7:53pm
    Mike Jacobs: Lawmakers set to challenge governor
    Poor Doug Burgum! So many ideas and so little power. So many votes, but none where it counts. As governor, Burgum has a nice title and a bully...
    opinion/columnsDecember 11, 2018 - 6:10am
    December 10, 2018
    Sen. Heidi Heitkamp concedes the North Dakota senate race, at an election night event in Fargo, N.D., Nov. 6, 2018. (Hilary Swift/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    Rob Port: Maybe Heidi Heitkamp could give some of her left over money to her campaign’s victims
    Senator Heidi Heitkamp has a lot of money left over from her unsuccessful 2018 campaign.
    opinion/columnsDecember 10, 2018 - 11:00am
    December 9, 2018
    Sometimes, adults can learn a lesson about embracing life from children like 3-year-old Edie. Jessie Veeder / Forum News Service
    Veeder: The light of childhood reminds us to embrace life
    It’s no secret there are things in this life that are ruined by adulthood.
    opinion/columnsDecember 9, 2018 - 9:01am
    Rob Port
    Port: Burgum’s proposed pension bailout must be tied to real reforms
    MINOT, N.D. -- It’s not the sexiest political topic, so you might be forgiven if you’re unaware of North Dakota’s chronic problems with...
    opinion/columnsDecember 9, 2018 - 8:49am
    Swift: Saving 'Niece-mas' by getting with the program
    Well, at least I got to save Christmas. Let me explain. Many years ago, one of the assorted sons-in-law in our family nobly carried a bowl of...
    opinion/columnsDecember 9, 2018 - 7:10am
    December 8, 2018
    Bursack: People with dementia still sensitive to caregiver's body language
    Dear Carol: My sister is the primary caregiver for our dad, who is in a nursing home because of Alzheimer’s disease. She lives in his community...
    opinion/columnsDecember 8, 2018 - 8:00am
    December 7, 2018
    Zaleski: The anti-ethics establishment gets all huffy
    FARGO -- It didn’t take long for the entrenched political establishment to begin a crusade to undermine the wishes of North Dakota voters who...
    opinion/columnsDecember 7, 2018 - 11:13am
    Jim Shaw
    Shaw: A few more suggestions for the N.D. Legislature
    FARGO -- As I was saying last week before I ran out of space, there’s lots more the North Dakota Legislature needs to do in its upcoming session....
    government-and-politics/opinion/columnsDecember 7, 2018 - 10:47am
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